A lot of user's first response is: Will this improve the low ISO noise? LOL!

Haha!. If a new camera body won't improve low ISO noise (the 5D3), then people should not expect it from a mere firmware update.

Sure we can EXPECT it, since banding on some 7Ds seems to be a result of the dual-channel readout process. It is possible, depending on hardware design, to better calibrate the dual readout channels for a better match and thus, reduce banding.

Will have to put mine to the upgrade test after I hear how v2 firmware works for more critical functions... like AF.

Big disappointment on my side. I was expecting the audio volume bars during movie recording to stay on screen, so you can actually monitor that the audio does not clip, and if so, adjust accordingly. I record a lot of music performances, and really need the manual audio controls.

I mean, why provide a feature called "manual audio control" when there is nothing to monitor or adjust when recording?

The fact that Canon now gives me a dB meter and more adjustment notches prior to recording, does not have any value at all. They may as well not have bothered!

jmalmsten

- The new stills raw-processor and ratings-feature don't work on stills taken prior to the update. Rating won't work on videos prior to update.

- The manual audio is a massive fail to say the least. Yes, we can set it. But we can't monitor it during filming. And as far as I can tell. The windcut filter is there by default and cannot be disabled. So, yes, it's there. But how are we supposed to use it effectively?

- Stills RAW-processor cannot change ISO on the images, and testing on a pic taken with the Tokina 11-16mm, the distortion-correction crops the image horribly and introduces reverse distortion. And the Cromatic Aberration Correction actually introduces more CA. I'm guessing that minor updates with more lens-data is needed for the non-canon lens-users.

- New feature to change how scrolling in playback is a bit wonky. I can set the top wheel to scroll only movies. But doing that, it only scrolls between two videos out of a dozen... so, it's unusable still. I'll set it back to change folders...

So my initial reaction. Luke-warm... about the only real thing I'll be using is the fixed audio-setting (still recording blind as to what the audio-levels are though), the ratings and custom file-names... Overall, it's just a bit underwealming when you know perfectly well what kind of power could be unleashed with something like Magic Lantern if they only wanted to...